It's funny you mentioned the button placement as a factor in deciding between the 60 and 76... we were at REI last night looking at the two and I liked the 60 over the 76 for that reason. I think I'm used to having buttons below a screen, similar to a cell phone, which I've used for years one handed while balancing a 25 pound TV camera on my shoulder with the other hand.

Cell phones are more balanced in your hand. The 60 series is top heavy and supporting the weight of the unit while typing at the bottom is uncomfortable in my experience._________________Sad state of affairs.

It's funny you mentioned the button placement as a factor in deciding between the 60 and 76... we were at REI last night looking at the two and I liked the 60 over the 76 for that reason. I think I'm used to having buttons below a screen, similar to a cell phone, which I've used for years one handed while balancing a 25 pound TV camera on my shoulder with the other hand.

Cell phones are more balanced in your hand. The 60 series is top heavy and supporting the weight of the unit while typing at the bottom is uncomfortable in my experience.

Yeah, that's kinda what I saw too. With the 76 series you have most of the weight of the unit resting in the palm of your hand while thumbing in numbers, where the 60 series you are trying to support the unit just on your fingers. From what I saw, it was easier to put numbers in the 60 with both hands, where the 76 was easier to do just one handed.

But if you've tried it out and put some coords in, and like the 60 better, that's cool too...they both work better than Jambro's Magellan

Yeah, that's kinda what I saw too. With the 76 series you have most of the weight of the unit resting in the palm of your hand while thumbing in numbers, where the 60 series you are trying to support the unit just on your fingers. From what I saw, it was easier to put numbers in the 60 with both hands, where the 76 was easier to do just one handed.

This sure is a lot of discussion about putting in coordinates manually. Covering the screen vs. where the unit rests?

99.9999% of the time I download them to my current GPS. I have to wait for my 60csx until Christmas...

$350 after rebate on Amazon.

But a funny story....We were caching with someone that has a 60cs and well over 4000 finds. We were doing a multi and she didn't know how to manually enter the coordinates.

Yeah, that's kinda what I saw too. With the 76 series you have most of the weight of the unit resting in the palm of your hand while thumbing in numbers, where the 60 series you are trying to support the unit just on your fingers. From what I saw, it was easier to put numbers in the 60 with both hands, where the 76 was easier to do just one handed.

This sure is a lot of discussion about putting in coordinates manually. Covering the screen vs. where the unit rests?

99.9999% of the time I download them to my current GPS. I have to wait for my 60csx until Christmas...

$350 after rebate on Amazon.

But a funny story....We were caching with someone that has a 60cs and well over 4000 finds. We were doing a multi and she didn't know how to manually enter the coordinates.

LOL...yeah, I just refered to the "manual input" because I know when I hit multi's I need to input coords, so it seemed like the easiest way to describe. In reality, it's more just the standard moving from screen to screen that is easier for me with the 76, it just sits in my hand better when needing to change screens or switch to the next nearest cache

I like the idea of having the buttons out of the way of my fingers when I'm carrying the GPS. 95% of the time you don't need to do anything... just follow the arrow. I don't know how many time I've hit the 'found' key accidently on my eTrex Legend C... a pain in the butt to go change it back and resetup the find.

I prefer traditionals over multis, so I'm very rarely putting coords into my GPSr ala thumb on the trail._________________The Lucid Network (tm)-- More Bars in More Places!

I don't know how many time I've hit the 'found' key accidently on my eTrex Legend C... a pain in the butt to go change it back and resetup the find.

I've done that a lot on my 60Cx. Something else that bugs me is after I autoroute to a cache and park my car, I have to press "Find" and "Goto" again and select "Offroad" before heading into the woods. 76 is probably the same but it's minor issue._________________Tupperware doesn't belong in the kitchen!

I finally broke down and bought a new GPS. I told my wife tonight on the phone that I was ready to drive over my existing one (a Geko 201). It has basically stopped receiving satellites when it wants to (which is whenever you're getting within a 1/2 mile of a cache). I spent over 30 minutes tonight waiting for the stupid thing to start working again so I could continue caching. No cacher should have to go through that, ever.

This thread was a help in trying to decide what I wanted. I knew from experience that I didn't want anything in the eTrex line. I also don't care about the mapping features of a GPS (ie. I don't want to pay for them), but I really want one of the new 'x' models since they supposedly receive so much better. I figured that this GPS will have to last me a number of years (until it breaks), so I should probably get a decent one. That leaves two models, the 60 and 76.

I opted for a 76 even though it seems like such a larger unit than the 60 (really I don't think it is though if you compare the dimensions). The price difference between a 60Cx and 76Cx on Amazon was $2. The price difference between a 76Cx and 76CSx on Amazon was $24. I figured if I'm spending over $300 on a new unit, what's another $24, right?

I'm supposed to get it Thursday. Just in time for a weekend full of caching. I'm sure this will also improve my MOGA team abilities.... _________________Hmm...

now i have a 60 cx and a 210 my magellan gets better accuracy to the point it beats the 60 after about 10 mins, the port is waterproof so i dont have to use a rubber cap to cover it and its far cheaper. now my 60 is more durable i love the geocaching mode and i love how it works with my windows 98! even though this unit was made in 2006 and the 210 came out in 2003. my problem with both is maps are so confusing im not loaded to buy them so i try to make them which is incredibly hard then i find out they wont load in good grief...

im noticing... whats wrong with magellan! i mean come on nice units i must admit my 210 i love it and i dont want to sell it but i think i should seeing how i dont think ill use it knowing i have a "better" unit. plus i did get it for a remarkable price at REI as a bundle. i think i can still get a profit but when i got to the store they were out of the 210's so mine was imported from mexico! but really is jambros unit that bad?